In 2005, the United States Supreme Court decided a case where an Alabama high school girls basketball coach complained about unequal treatment of his team to the school board and was subsequently fired because of it. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of the coach saying that Title IX prohibits retaliation. This was a big […]
Iowa Supreme Court Justice Bruce Zager was born and raised in Waterloo, Iowa and is now sitting on the Iowa Supreme Court bench. He graduated from Drake Law School and is now married with three kids. In 1999, he was appointed to the District Court bench and was there for 11 years. In 2011, he […]
I have been to an Ames city council meeting and they did not start with a prayer of any kind so I’m not sure this situation would even happen but if the Ames city council was approached by someone like atheist Justin Scott, I would hope they would handle it well. I would advise the […]
On Thursday afternoon, I had the pleasure of riding along with Waterloo Police Officer Jeremy Nicholls for two and a half hours. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect when I walked into the Police Station but luckily, Waterloo Mayor, Quentin Hart pointed me in the right direction. I met with the second watch […]
Separation of Church and State- Justin Scott (Atheist) Atheist- reject the God belief, Justin- not enough evidence that God exists, he doesn’t hate God up there with LGBTQ and Muslims in terms of marginalization and hate “I don’t care what you believe as long as you don’t push it on other people” he doesn’t stand […]
The Iowa Supreme Court issued their ruling on Mark Becker’s appeal. Becker was sentenced to life in prison after the District Court found him guilty of murdering Applington-Parkersburg’s beloved football coach, Ed Thomas. Becker appealed the decision and the case made it all of the way to the Iowa Supreme Court, where the Justices affirmed the […]
In breaking news, the Supreme Court decided 5-4 in the case of Texas v Johnson that flag burning is protected under the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution. During the Republican National Convention of 1984 which was being held in Dallas, Texas, Gregory Lee Johnson burned an American Flag outside of the convention center in […]
Spotlight is a movie based on true story where the Boston Globe investigated Catholic Church priest abuse starting in 2002. This Hollywood version is very close to what happened in real life. Spotlight is a 4 person investigative team that keeps their work confidential. A column by Eileen MacNemara led to the original investigation. They didn’t find […]
Blackhawk County Sheriff Tony Thompson gave us an exclusive inside view of Blackhawk County Jail. Sheriff Thompson is in his third term as Blackhawk county sheriff. He got his undergraduate degree in communication at UNI. There are around 240 inmates at the jail right now (out of 272 beds) who are all under direct supervision, […]
Joan Becker is a woman of astounding faith and strength. And she is also a mom, Mark Becker’s mom. Joan has been speaking for 6+ years about her story: being the mother of the young man who took the life of Parkersburg legendary coach Ed Thomas. It’s amazing to me that she has the strength […]
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